piano rip off

[Jonathan Finger]

My point is only that (without sounding too insensitive) they got what 
they paid for.

I'm sort of trying to hold my tongue here because I do empathize with 
the situation - but I just see it a bit differently. 

It is unfortunate that the store won't refund the money.  However, it is 
still the responsibility of the consumer to know what they're 
purchasing.  I'm sure an honest dealer would have been happy to help 
them find an instrument that suited their needs, was affordable, and 
could hold tune.  That's not going to be at $350 though.  The dealer 
will have more than $350 just in moving it, not to mention a fresh 
tuning and whatever prep work it may need.  Now you've got $1000.00+ 
into a piano that you have to get back out of it, without even taking 
into consideration the value of the piano.

I guess what I'm trying to say is: I feel sorry for the people, but I 
don't feel like they were taken advantage of - I feel like they made a 
bad decision.  I hope that with their technician they can either make 
the instrument work, or find a way to remedy the situation, but I just 
don't see it as poor people being taken advantage of.  Perhaps I've 
missed something though.

Jonathan Finger



Ron Nossaman wrote:
> Jonathan Finger wrote:
>> I can't see how they were taken advantage of - they spent $350, and 
>> it is probably worth that in raw materials.
>
> Say what?
> Ron N
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